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GOING TO MALDIVES IS LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BECAUSE MALDIVES IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL ISLAND . BE SURE WHEN YOU BOOK YOUR HOTEL OR THE RESORT . THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE DETAIL HOW TO REACH THEM. OTHERWISE YOU BOOK ON A VERY FAR ISLAND. YOU BOOK BECAUSE THEIR RATES IS LOW BUT TO REACH THEM YOU NEED TO RIDE FERRYBOAT FOR SEVEN HOURS OR MORE AND SOME ISLAND CAN ONLY BE ACCESS BY SEA PLANE.THAT WHAT HAPPEN TO ME . THAT I NEED TO STAY OVER NIGHT IN MALE. BECAUSE OF THE FERRY SCHEDULE. THEN WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING. I COULD NOT FIND ANY TAXI BECAUSE IM RUNNING OUT OF TIME. AND SAW THE POLICE CAR AND ASKED THEM. WHY THERE IS NO TAXI AND THEY GIVE ME A LIFT TO THE PORT.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE WEATHER. ITS WINDY AND THE SEA IS VERY ROUGHT .

THE EIGHT HOURS OF TRIP TO MAHIBADHOO, GIVE ME HEADHACHE BECAUSE OF THE ROUGHT SEA . ITS A SMALL ISLAND WITH COMPLETE FACILITIES . THEY HAVE HOSPITAL , SCHOOL , POLICE STATION , MOSQUE AND A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS AROUND THE ISLAND THIS IS THE POLICE STATION HERE.THEIR SCHOOL AND THE MOSQUE.

I THOUGHT THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS BUILDING IS LIKE THE CITY HALL BUT IT IS THEIR POLICE STATION . SO IF YOU BREAK THEIR LAW. YOU CAN HAVE THE FIRST CLASS ACCOMODATION JAIL.

THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL.THEIR LIFE HERE IS VERY SIMPLE WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR DAY UNDER THE TREE .AND ENJOY THE UNDER DEVELOPED BEACHES AROUND THE ISLAND.AND THE WHOLE DAY IN THIS ISLAND WILL PASSED THAT SO QUICKLY AND ENJOY THE SUNSET .IN THIS ISLAND YOU CAN PLAN WHICH RESORT YOU WANT TO VISIT.

FROM THE AIRPORT , YOU CAN GO FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER ISLAND USING THE GOVERNMENT FERRY FOR LESS THAN FIFTHY CENTS IN US DOLLARS. THOSE TRIP GO EVERY FIFTHEEN MINUTES. BUT YOU HAVE OPTION THAT YOU CAN HIRED SPEED BOAT FOR FASTER SERVICE. SSINCE THE ISLAND IS VERY SMALL, THE COMMON TRASPORTATION HERE IS MOTORCYCLE. THEY HAVE SOME CAR BUT MAKE TOO TRAFFIC FOR VERY NARROW STREET OF MALE. DRIVING CAR HERE THAT YOU MUST BE EXPERT IN CALCULATION. THEY HAVE TAXI . THEY HAVE A FLAT RATE OF TWETY FIVE RUPEES OR DOLLAR AND SEVETYFIVE CENTS.

SINCE MALE IS THE CAPITAL OF MALDIVES . ALL TRADING FROM NEIGHBORING ISLAND AND COUNTRIES ARE DONE IN THIS PORT .IN THIS AREA OF THE MARKET IS THE BUSIEST PLACE . TO PURCHASE EVERYTHING YOU NEED . FROM FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD THINGS.TTHEY HAVE A BIG PARK FOR EVERY CITIZEN TO ENJOY IN THE AFTERNOON AND BREATH FRESH AIR IN THE PARK. THEY HAVE ALSO A BIG FRUIT MARKET.

TTHIS IS THEIR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE , WHERE IS THE PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THEIR PRESIDENT.

SSINCE MALDIVES IS A ISLAMIC COUNTRY . THEIR MAIN MOSQUE WAS BUILD HERE IN MALE.

THIS IS THEIR SHOPPING AREA, WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE EVERYTHING YOU NEED INSIDE THE ISLAND. THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS THEIR YOUTH CENTER WHERE THE YOUTH CAN PLAY THEIR SPORT IN THIS GYMNASIUM.TTHEY HAVE A LOT OF BRAND NEW HOUSING PROGRAM ALL OVER THE ISLAND TO ACCOMODATES THE INCREASING POPULATION OF MALDIVES.

TTHEY HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT FROM GUEST HOUSE , RESTAURANT , SPORT STORE ALL OVER THE ISLAND.

BIG PARK FOR ROLLER SKATING.

IITS REALLY AMAZING WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE ISLAND . HOW DO THEY DESIGN THOSE BUILDING TO CATER MORE TOURIST ON THE ISLAND. SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? THOSE BON BON CHAIR ARE WAITING FOR YOU NOW.

THE BEACHES AROUND THE ISLAND ARE REALLY GOOD.BUT YOU CAN ‘T WEAR YOUR BIKINI. BECAUSE MALDIVES IS PURE ISLAMIC. IF YOU WANT TO WEAR YOUR BIKINI YOU NEED TO GO TO PRIVATE RESORT INSTEAD OF PUBLIC BEACHES HERE IN HULHUMALE .

THIS PICTURES ARE TAKEN ON THE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. WHERE THE PORT IS LOCATED . OR WHERE YOU CAN TAKE THE FERRY OR RENT A SPEEDBOAT TO REACH THE ISLAND YOU WANT TO SEE. THEN THOSE BUILDING ON THE BACKGROUND ARE ON THE ISLAND OF MALE . WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF MALDIVES. MALDIVES IS COMPOSED OF ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ATOLLS. BUT THERE ARE ONLY TWENTY ATOLLS, THAT ARE LIVEABLE.

MALDIVES , OFFICIALLY REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES IS AN ISLAND COUNTRY AND ARCHIPELAGO IN THE INDIAN OCEAN . COMPOSE OF TWENTY SIX ATOLLS AND THE CAPITAL IS MALE .IIT WAS A BRITISH COLONY FROM 1887 – 1965 . WHERE THE BRITISH USE THE ISLAND FOR THEIR AIR FORCE. WHERE THEY PAID THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF TWO THOUSAND POUND EVERY YEAR AS A RENTAL . AND EMPLOYED SEVERAL NATIVES . BUT TODAY THIS ISLAND IS BECOMING VERY POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION . AND I MYSELF BECOMING CURIOUS TOO , TO SEE THIS ATOLLS.

AALL THE PICTURES ARE TAKEN ON A PRIVATE RESORT. NEXT TIME IM GOING TO SHOW YOU THE DETAIL . HOW TO REACH THIS RESORT . HOW DO YOU LIKE THE RESORT ?

GUAM IS THE BIGGEST ISLAND IN MARIANAS ISLAND . MEASURING 209 SQUARE MILES . THE MAJORITY PEOPLE LIVE HERE ARE CHAMORRO . WHICH ARE THE NATIVE OF THE ISLAND . COMPOSED OF 37% OF THE POPULATION. THEN THE REST ARE. FILIPINO ARE 25.5 %. WHILE 10% ARE WHITE. THEN THE REST ARE JAPANESE , KOREAN. , AND CHINESE. THE ISLAND WEATHER IS TROPICAL.IN 1521 MAGELLAN CALLED THIS ISLAND AS ” THE LADRONES ISLAND ” OR THE ISLAND OF THIEVES . BECAUSE OF MISUDERSTANDING OF THEIR TRADING . WHERE THE NATIVES ATTACK THEM . AND TOOK SOME OF THEIR MERCHANDISE.THEN PROCEED HIS NAVIGATION AND ENDED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF MACTAN . BY CHIEFTAIN LAPU LAPU ON THE SAME YEAR 1521 .

TTTHERE ARE ALSO SOME FILIPINO HEROES BEING EXCILED IN GUAM . DURING THE FILIPINO AND AMERICAN WAR IN 1899 till 1902.

THE ISLAND IS VERY SMALL BUT YOU CANNOT GO AROUND THE ISLAND . BECAUSE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS VERY LIMITED ROUTE . AND WILL CONSUMED TOO MUCH TIME WAITING . THEN TAXI ARE SO EXPENSIVE. THE SOLUTION IS RENTING THIS SMALL CAR TO GO AROUND THE ISLAND.

THIS ARE SOME OF THE POPULAR PLACE TO VISIT HERE IN GUAM . THE PLAZA ESPANA AND WAR VETERANBUILDING.

TTHEIR BEACHES ARE AVERAGE . SAME SAME LIKE THE REST AROUND THE WORLD. THE ONLY DIFFERECE HERE . THAT YOU HAVE MORE PRIVACY . BECAUSE. THERE ARE VERY FEW TOURIST.

THIS WEEK THEY HAVE THIS FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS AND INCLUDES THEIR TRADITIONAL CANOES. WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT ISLAND IN MICRONESIA . LIKE PALAU , CHOOKS , MARSHAL , YAP , TRUK, PHOMPEI , AND GUAM . THE NATIVE BESIDE ME IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANT. AND ASK THE QUESTION . REGARDING HIS TATTOO. ACCORDING TO HIM . THE FOUR CRESENT MOON . INDICATES THE SIGN OF GOOD FISHING AND HUNTING.THIS IS THE FAMOUS TOURIST SPOT HERE IN GUAM. THE TWO LOVERS POINT. ACCORDING TO THEIR LEGENDARY STORY. ITS THE STORY OF TWO LOVERS WHO JUMP ON THAT CLIFF TOGETHER AND DIED TOGETHER . SO THEY WILL NOT BE SEPERATED BY THE GIRL PARENT. THE PICTURES BELOW ARE SOME OF THE PARTICIPANT SAILS AS FAR AS PALAU . USING THE TRADIONAL WAY OF SAILING .

RODRIGO “DIGONG” DUTERTE. THE NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.THE MONUMENT IN OUR NATIONAL PARK DEFICTING OUR MOTHERLAND PHILIPPINE . IS LIKE TELLING HIM. DIGONG STOP CRYING NOW . IM GIVING YOU ALL THE POWER TO PROTECT ME . YOU NEED TO STAND UP . YOU NEED TO HELP YOUR FELLOW PINOY AND PINAY . TO RECOVER ALL THE STOLEN WEALTH OF YOUR COUNTRY .FIGHT ALL THE CORRUPT OFFICIAL FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP. TIME TO USE THE IRON FIST . TO MAKE OUR NATION . BE GREAT AGAIN. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU . TO MAKE THE COUNTRY SAFE AND PEACEFUL .

THIS IS THE SCENERY ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES TODAY. TWO MORE DAYS AND ITS ELECTION DAY . MAY 9 , 2016 . PEOPLE WILL DECIDE . WHOSE GOING TO RULE THEM. EVERY POLITICIAN . PROMISING A GOOD LIFE FOR EVERY PEOPLE? FOR POOR PEOPLE . THIS DAYS ARE FIESTA TIME FOR THEM . EVERY POLITICIAN HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF COURTING THE VOTERS. THEY ARE GIVING FREE MEDICAL MISSION. SHOWING HOW DO THEY CARE FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE . FOOD DRIVE FOR THE CHILDREN WHERE POLITICIAN POSING FEEDING THOSE CHILDREN. SHOWING HOW DO THEY CARE FOR THE CHILDREN . SOME POLITICIAN ARE ORGANIZING RALLY FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN . WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE JOIN . WILL RECEIVE TWO HUNDRED PESOS. CAN WE BLAME THIS POOR VOTERS ? ITS ONLY HAPPEN EVERY ELECTION DAY . TO ENJOY ALL THESE BENEFITS.THESE PICTURES ARE TAKEN AT OUR NATIONAL PARK, LUNETA .DEPICTING OUR MOTHER COUNTRY. THE PHILIPPINES.SHOWING HOW . THE PEOPLE SUFFERING. FROM THE AGRESSION AND ABUSES FROM OTHER COUNTRY .THEY NEVER LEARNED . FROM THE TIME OF THE SPANISH REGIME. OUR NATIONAL HEROES AND HUNDRED OF THEM . SACRIFICED THEIR LIFE .TO WAKE UP THE PEOPLE . THEN ANOTHER ONE .” THE PEOPLE POWER . ” . OR THE EDSA REVOLUTION WHERE THOUSAND OF PEOPLE SACRICE . TO END THE MARTIAL LAW. AS YOU CAN SEE . THE POOR PINOY ASKING HER MOTHER . WHY , HE IS SUFFERING ? AND THE MOTHER TOLD HIS SON . BECAUSE , YOU ARE STUPID MY SON. WHILE THE YOUNGER SISTER, ASKING THE MOTHER . WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO MOTHER.THE MOTHER SAID ” STAND UP AND DO YOUR DUTY” AND TODAY IS THE DAY . ELECTION DAY . VOTE THE DESERVE ONE AND DONT SELL YOUR VOTE.

ITS ELECTION TIME IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ALL THE CITIES ARE NOISY AND CROWDED FROM THE POLITICIAN . CAMPAIGNING TO WIN THE ELECTION . AND ITS DOUBLE PURPOSE COMING TO BATAAN. VISITING HISTORICAL PLACE AND RELAX. THE MARKER AND THE MONUMENT . SHOWING WHERE THE ” DEATH MARCH ” STARTED AND HONORING ALL AMERICAN AND FILIPINOS PRISONER OF WAR DIED ON THE ” DEATH MARCH “. AFTER THE FALL OF BATAAN . GENERAL DOUGLAS MCARTHUR ESCAPE AND STAY IN AUSTRALIA.AND HE MAKE THE FAMOUS SPEECH ” I SHALL RETURN “.THIS BEAUTIFUL RESORT . I STAYED , ITS SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL.

TTHEY HAVE COMPLETE FACILTIES. TO CATER WEDDING , CONFERENCE , BIRTHDAY AND OF ALL AGES.

TTHEY HAVE VERY UNIQUE BEACH. ITS A BLACK SAND. OR WHAT THEY CALLED MINERAL SAND . AND HAVE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT TO OUR BODY.

AND THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. WHERE YOU CAN RELAX ON THE BLACKSAND . MANILA IS REALLY HOT WEATHER TODAY .WHILE HERE IN THIS RESORT IS BREEZY AND COOL. SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR .?

FOR MY SHORT STAY IN MANILA , I WAS MOTIVATED TO PRACTICE MY ARNIS AGAIN . BUT THIS TIME IS ANOTHER FORM OR STYLE . FROM MODERN ARNIS TO AMATO – ARNIS CLASSIC . ITS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN STYLE . BEFORE , I THAUGHT THIS FILIPINO MARTIAL ART . IN UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST, MANILA . FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.

AS YOU CAN SEE THIS GROUP OF FILIPINOS PRACTICING THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ART.

tTHIS MARTIAL ART IS NOT ONLY FOR MEN. BUT IT ALSO GOOD FOR FEMALE TO LEARN . HOW TO DEPEND AND PROTECT THEIR SELF AGAINST ANY ATTACKER.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE TECHNIQUE .THEY NEED TO LEARN ON THE TRAINING .

IFOR MORE INFORMATION , YOU CAN CONTACT . THE AMATO – ARNIS CLASSIC ON THEIR FACEBOOK.